Paul Maurice talks about the upcoming season.

Paul Maurice, head coach of the Winnipeg Jets will enter his first full season behind the bench in Winnipeg. Recently, he sat down with Mitchell Clinton from Jets' Tv and discussed many subjects.

Clean Slate: Maurice believes that players need to approach the new season without taking anything for granted. The Jets' head coach believes that, although it is important to learn lessons from last year, the success you had last season doesn't mean anything. Players will be challenged and the organization has a lot of good young players. Maurice says that he will go over the system's foundations all over again and he wants his players to show the same intensity and level of competitiveness they showed last season. Everyone will have to prove themselves again.

Leadership: Paul Maurice believes that leadership starts on day 1 of training camp. He says that just by looking at the effort players have invested in their physical preparation is a good indicator. The room belongs to the players and veteran leaders have the responsibility to show the youngsters or other players, how to be a pro and he believes his leadership group is making a great job to drive hard during practice.

Central division: Depth. Maurice believes that it represents what makes the Central division so good. Nashville's defensive group is outstanding, Chicago has won three Stanley Cups recently, St-Louis has been knocking on the door, Dallas keeps adding talent to its roster, Colorado young players are hungry and the Jets have so much talent coming uptake organization and play a grinding style of hockey. Maurice remembers last season when, on different occasions, every team in the division wasn't sure about making it to the playoffs.

Paul Maurice will surely have his hands full during training camp, with young players knocking on the door and the teams in the division getting stronger, Maurice will have hard decisions to take. As long as he can make his players understand and wanting them to compete within his system, the Jets will be contenders for a playoff spot.

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